and now i'm back to doing what i love. [ female announcer ] california pacific medical center and sutter health. our story is you. >>> a bay area chef firing back after a brutal, scathing review in "the new york times." >> turns out "the times" did not like guy fieri's restaurant in new york city. "the times" gave the restaurant zero stars. the article took the form of an open letter to fieri reading in part, hey, did you try that blue drink, the one that glows like nuclear waste? the watermelon margarita? any idea why it tastes like some combination of radiator fluid and formaldehyde? fieri fired back this morning on the "today" show. >> i thought it was ridiculous. i've read reviews. there's good and bad in the restaurant business. but that was so overboard. >> you may not know this. but fieri is from santa rosa and owns two restaurants in sonoma county. now there's a johnny garlics in san jose. that restaurant has a three-star rating on yelp. marla tellez here, my co-anchor, had a picture up close and personal with guy. check facebook. she's on it hanging out. >> yeah, we're real clos